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The Advantages of Mediation
Responsible
Protect your financial
and emotional well-being.
Respectful
Make it easier on you,
your children and family.
Successful
Avoid court by creating your
own enforceable agreement.
You stay in control and find solutions for your needs.
Mediation is personally tailored for how you want and need to move forward. Courts, however, do
not generally have the time or resources to gain a deeper understanding of your needs. In mediation,
spouses remain in control of the outcome and timeline, rather than attorneys, who may project their
own bias or judges who render final decisions.
Mediation is successful.
The vast majority of cases that enter mediation are successfully settled out of court. No one loses in
mediation. Mediation produces “win-win” agreements where both parties feel satisfied with the
outcome. In litigation, both parties are usually unhappy with the results.
Mediation is confidential and private.
What happens in mediation, stays in mediation. Arizona law protects mediation confidentiality. In
litigation, court matters are on public record.
Mediation preserves respectful interactions between parties.
Litigation causes escalation and ruins relationships. Mediation produces de-escalation and encourages
respectful interaction. It is particularly beneficial for divorcing spouses when children are involved
and family disputes.
“ Traditional litigation is a mistake that must be corrected. For some disputes, trials will
be the only means, but . . . [o]ur system is too costly, too painful, too destructive, too
inefficient for really civilized people.”
Chief Justice Warren Burger
(Ret.) U.S. Supreme Court